Hardware & Building Supplies
Hardware and building-supplies shops in Bahrain juggle thousands of small parts, contractor accounts and mixed-margin stock — all while keeping VAT records straight for the NBR. Tallium AI brings your counter POS, live inventory and accounting into one simple app, so every sale updates stock and your books at the same moment. No per-seat fees, unlimited users, one flat USD price.
From $79/month per shop · billed monthly · no free trial
Key takeaways
Screws, pipes, paint, power tools and fasteners come in dozens of sizes and brands. When stock lives in a notebook or a spreadsheet, you never truly know what's on the shelf, what's been sold, or what needs reordering until a customer asks for something you don't have.
Contractors and walk-in shoppers hate waiting while you hunt for a price or key items in by hand. A slow till at the busiest time of day costs you sales and sends buyers to the shop down the road.
With Bahrain VAT at play, you need clean, itemised records for every sale and purchase so your VAT return to the NBR is accurate. Reconstructing this from paper receipts and supplier invoices at filing time is stressful and error-prone.
Many hardware stores sell on account to builders and small contractors, and margins vary wildly between a bag of cement and a branded drill. Without proper tracking, you lose sight of who owes you money and which lines actually make a profit.
Every item — down to size, brand and variant — sits in one inventory that updates the instant you sell or receive stock. Set reorder points so Tallium AI flags low lines before you run out, and scan barcodes to find prices and quantities in seconds.
The built-in POS scans items, applies the right price and prints a VAT-compliant receipt in moments, so queues move fast even during the morning contractor rush. It runs on the hardware you already have and syncs straight to your books.
Tallium AI records VAT on every sale and purchase automatically and pulls the totals together for your VAT return period, so filing with the NBR is a review-and-submit job, not a scramble. Receipt scanning captures supplier bills the moment they arrive.
Track contractor and trade-account balances, send statements, and see true margin by product and category so you know where the profit really is. AI insights surface your best and slowest movers without you building a single report.
Barcode-fast counter sales that print VAT receipts and update stock and accounts in real time.
Track thousands of SKUs by size, brand and variant with reorder alerts so shelves stay stocked.
Sales, purchases, expenses and trade-account balances kept up to date automatically in one ledger.
VAT captured on every transaction and totalled for your NBR return so filing is quick and accurate.
Build your plan in a minute — pay only for the parts of your business you run. From $79/month per shop.
Get startedQuestions? Email support@tallium.online — tallium.online
Tell us where you are today and we'll show you how Tallium AI fits. No pressure, no spam.